Ricey Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Come on, own up.......I was reminicing about my Seat Ibiza (first car I ever chav'verized) the my amazing home made modifications. Was it the bright Saxo blue plastic lip on the bumper? No Was it the centre part of the steering wheel sprayed silver with the Seat sign painted with blue caliper paint? No Was it the hideous bright blue seat covers? No It was the christmas when I got a blue sweet wrapper from the Quality Street, peeled the foil off the back, took the interior courtesy light bulb out and carefully taped the wrapper around it, secured with a slither of electrical tape. Glowing blue baby! Lasted a month until it burnt to a crisp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Plastidip on my Zeds handles, they look shocking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Definitely the time I covered all my visible hoses in blue plastic tubing on the z with bright blue cable ties They lasted all of an hour before deciding they looked crap and I binned them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Wrapping my boot plastic which was slightly scrated with cheapy eBay "Salcantara" after being told (by someone who is no longer a member) it was UV stable. Took all of about a week to start fading and looked @*!# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Can't say that I've created the worst mod, but for sure I've received very poor service and workmanship from a bodyshop during my Zed career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 This isn't limited to Zeds! Dig out the 1989 Nova mods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 ...on my first car, a 1.0L 'sport back' mk1 Polo...which came with colour coded burgandy wheel hubs...I 'came across' a wooden gear knob and electric aerial which I fitted - dead proud I was - looked crap it did. Althought the aerial was not that bad, just that it was worth more than the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I robbed some 6x9s from a Cavalier in a scrap yard to put in the back of my first Nissan Micra. It was only when I changed cars years later that I noticed all my cds sounded totally different. The answer? the Cav speakers didn't have any tweeters in them, so I'd been listening to all my music with the top 25% of the frequencies cut off! The bass was great though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Lambo LSD doors on my ford focus... I was only 17.... thought I was cool at the time. However I look back and cringe now Cost a bloody bomb aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltzinblack Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 On my first car, my Saxo.. I initially resisted Chavvy mods. But the one thing I did do to it was awful. Bought some 'racing pedals' from Halfords. Had to drill the original ones to fit them, and when they were on, they were so close together that you could hardly press an individual pedal without touching the one next to it! Saxo pedals are close enough as it is! But hey, I thought they looked 'cool' at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I once tried to re-upholster my Mini seats........... failed miserably. I ended up buying a staple gun and had to keep fixing the seams in emergencies. Eventually I just got some seat covers My mate had a Caviler which leaked like a sieve, so the rear foot wells were always wet.... so he grew Grass instead of getting mats. He even cut a watered it in the summer. Although this seemed like a good idea, the foot wells did not take long to rust away so large amounts of tarmac could be seen whilst driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I once tried to re-upholster my Mini seats........... failed miserably. I ended up buying a staple gun and had to keep fixing the seams in emergencies. Eventually I just got some seat covers My mate had a Caviler which leaked like a sieve, so the rear foot wells were always wet.... so he grew Grass instead of getting mats. He even cut a watered it in the summer. Although this seemed like a good idea, the foot wells did not take long to rust away so large amounts of tarmac could be seen whilst driving Thats the best thing i've ever heard! grass instead of mats errrmmmm i fit a Seat Leon splitter to my Ibiza FR it was to big so i jsut hacksawed the ends off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 i fit a Seat Leon splitter to my Ibiza FR it was to big so i jsut hacksawed the ends off That was quite a common mod when I had my LFR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 First car - I was 17/18 - needed cheap -- so don't laugh a 950cc Talbot Samba - bright red, painted the steel wheels white and fitted massive rally spotlights + a rev counter pod I'm sure it went faster and rolled round corners better after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Definitely looking back worst mod I ever did was put neons on my first car, I fixed them on good and proper, smashed both of the side ones when I went over a speed bump a little too quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I've never done a bad mod to any of my cars. Ever. Well, except the chrome slats on the side intakes on my MR2. They were a bit naff. Or maybe the two offcuts of timber I used to screw a fire extinguisher bracket into on said MR2. Desperately needed something to hold it in place. Nor the spraying of the dash pod in Cheapo-Silver spray paint, again on the MR2. Looked like a 6-year old had been let loose with a can of paint for the first time, and given a bunch of Jelly Babies and told to go crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I remember going to Demon Tweeks when I was 17 and asking for a big bore exhaust for a Vauxhall Chevette. The bloke nearly pi**ed himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I "remodelled" my dash on a Cortina MK5 I had many years ago - new dials a huge graphic equaliser some extra gauges and lights that basically told me other lights were on (before the days of LED's) had those illuminated toggle switches and everything! Downside - It looked bloody awful and I had to hang a cloth over it at night as it was so bright I couldn't see out of the windscreen properly! I think my workmanship has improved - not sure about my taste though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I liked my worst mod, turned out to almost be a major disaster though . Bought a set of gauges for my Sunbeam Stiletto, Vacuum, Water temp and Oil pressure. The first 2 went well, but the oil line that came with that gauge wasn't long enough to reach where the engine is. No problem, I obtained an identical piece of pipe and joined them together using a small length of plastic tubing. Went well until one night I hit a stretch of road that was under repair at 60mph and the pipe became undone. Spotted it straight away, stopped and switched the engine off. The thing was though that the join was inside the car, under the carpet in fact and boy did it make a mess. What made it worse was that the carpets were a sort of fawn colour, had to get them dry cleaned in the end Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I've never done a bad mod to any of my cars. Ever. Well, except the chrome slats on the side intakes on my MR2. They were a bit naff. Or maybe the two offcuts of timber I used to screw a fire extinguisher bracket into on said MR2. Desperately needed something to hold it in place. Nor the spraying of the dash pod in Cheapo-Silver spray paint, again on the MR2. Looked like a 6-year old had been let loose with a can of paint for the first time, and given a bunch of Jelly Babies and told to go crazy. i put a fibreglass border front bumper on my mk2 mr2, was a snow plough at winter, it got torn to shreds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff-r Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 MR2s seem to be the car of choice for modification criminals. My mate had an MR2 not long after passing his test, it was soon fully Veilsided up! Thinking back it was truly shocking and looked like an extra from Fast and Furious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasha@lazytrips Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 sounds like I'm in the luck mod-wise as the worst thing I've had are those burger z badges which last about 1 week before beginning to look distinctly crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 sounds like I'm in the luck mod-wise as the worst thing I've had are those burger z badges which last about 1 week before beginning to look distinctly crap. plastidip ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasha@lazytrips Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 sounds like I'm in the luck mod-wise as the worst thing I've had are those burger z badges which last about 1 week before beginning to look distinctly crap. plastidip ??? As soon as I can spend a little cash, I'm gonna get me some red tommy k zeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I have done dozens of crap mods.... I made 3 (yes 3) different arm rests which all looked gash.... Maybe not all crap but I have had 6 different exhaust / intake combo's 5 different handbrake / gear knob / gaiter combos 2 RSW carbon kits and a CF wrap before that so not so much crap as just changeable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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